Is the sequester the ultimate Washington Monument strategy?

If Congress doesn't act by March 1, $85 billion in automatic budget cuts will go into effect. Known as the sequester, the cuts were part of the deal put together by President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans to raise the debt ceiling in 2011. They were actually intended to be so unpopular that they would force both sides to make a deal, a tactic which didn't work.Now they've become the latest bargaining chip in the fight over the federal budget. …